2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1

The teams competing in Group 1 of the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championships qualifying competition are Albania, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Faroe Islands, Greece and Italy.

Standings edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 10 7 3 0 21 5 +16 24
  Croatia 10 7 1 2 20 12 +8 22
  Greece 10 5 3 2 20 13 +7 18
  Albania 10 3 3 4 10 13 −3 12
  Faroe Islands 10 1 1 8 5 18 −13 4
  Azerbaijan 10 0 3 7 6 21 −15 3

Key: Pts Points, Pld Matches played, W Won, D Drawn, L Lost, GF Goals for, GA Goals against, GD Goal Difference

Matches edit

Italy  4 – 0  Albania
Acquafresca   8'
Dessena   17'
Criscito   35'
Lupoli   81'
Report
Greece  4 – 1  Azerbaijan
Christodoulopoulos   4', 89'
Yusifov   72' (o.g.)
Petropoulos   75'
Report Abdullayev   56'
Croatia  2 – 0  Faroe Islands
Rukavina   24'
Begović   90+2'
Report

Croatia  3 – 2  Greece
Iličević   25', 60'
Bušić   84'
Report Aravidis   2'
Petropoulos   90'
Albania  1 – 0  Faroe Islands
Bakaj   67' (pen.) Report

Italy  2 – 1  Faroe Islands
Russotto   21'
Cigarini   81'
Report Hansen   31'
Azerbaijan  0 – 2  Greece
Report Christodoulopoulos   10'
Aravidis   53'
Albania  1 – 0  Croatia
Cani   75' Report

Albania  0 – 1  Italy
Report Acquafresca   64'
Croatia  3 – 2  Azerbaijan
Tadić   12'
Iličević   21'
Abishov   45' (o.g.)
Report Mammadov   34', 62'
Faroe Islands  0 – 2  Greece
Report Petropoulos   30'
Papastathopoulos   39'
Referee: Simon Evans (Wales)

Italy  2 – 0  Croatia
Acquafresca   39', 57' Report
Faroe Islands  1 – 0  Azerbaijan
Olsen   45' Report

Greece  2 – 2  Italy
Petropoulos   19'
Mitroglou   88' (pen.)
Report Rossi   62'
Dessena   81'
Azerbaijan  1 – 1  Albania
Nadirov   74' Report Shoshi   81'
Faroe Islands  1 – 2  Croatia
Hansen   4' Report Kalinić   14'
Bušić   21'

Italy  5 – 0  Azerbaijan
Amirguliyev   41' (o.g.)
Acquafresca   45+2'
Cerci   77'
Russotto   84'
Dessena   90+2'
Report
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
Faroe Islands  0 – 5  Albania
Report Sukaj   25', 49', 58'
Abilaliaj   51'
Progni   85'
Greece  3 – 4  Croatia
Petropoulos   31'
Tripotseris   47'
Dimoutsos   66'
Report Ljubičić   4'
Bušić   42'
Rukavina   81', 84'

Azerbaijan  0 – 1  Croatia
Report Bušić   85'
Faroe Islands  0 – 1  Italy
Report Pozzi   79'
Greece  2 – 1  Albania
Christodoulopoulos   28' (pen.)
Mitroglou   54'
Report Sukaj   34'

Azerbaijan  0 – 2  Italy
Report Rossi   18', 63' (pen.)

Albania  1 – 1  Greece
Sukaj   65' Report Christodoulopoulos   25'

Croatia  4 – 0  Albania
Ljubičić   14'
Iličević   59'
Smrekar   79'
Brezovec   83'
Report
Italy  1 – 1  Greece
Balotelli   34' Report Christodoulopoulos   54'
Azerbaijan  2 – 2  Faroe Islands
Abishov   18'
Nadirov   32'
Report Nielsen   25'
Hanssen   80'

Croatia  1 – 1  Italy
Tomasov   82' Report Motta   38'
Greece  1 – 0  Faroe Islands
Petropoulos   55' Report
Albania  0 – 0  Azerbaijan
Report

Goalscorers edit

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos   Greece 6
Antonis Petropoulos   Greece
3 Xhevahir Sukaj   Albania 5
Robert Acquafresca   Italy
5 Tomislav Bušić   Croatia 4
Ivo Iličević   Croatia
7 Ante Rukavina   Croatia 3
Daniele Dessena   Italy
Giuseppe Rossi   Italy
10 Nodar Mammadov   Azerbaijan 2
Vüqar Nadirov   Azerbaijan
Krešo Ljubičić   Croatia
Christos Aravidis   Greece
Kostantinos Mitroglou   Greece
Andrea Russotto   Italy
1 goal
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